Thoughts on "Honest Man" and "Believe", One Song - Two Versions Options

[Hoodstock]

You guys do realize that music from "Honest Man" by TGF comes from the song "Believe" by Live.

Just give it a listen:

Honest Man: http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/gracious...-man--218696430

Believe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZqT0stibWs

New lyrics - same base song . Ed had his chance with it and then Kevin (or the band) redid the song.

I wish I had a studio version of Believe to directly compare the two vocal performances. I prefer the lyrics of Honest Man but I would have loved to hear this as a Live song.

This post has been edited by Hoodstock: Aug 3 2010, 7:54 am

[SecretInsomnia]

It's discussed long time ago yes, but I think you are at something here Hoodstock. This, and Purifier seems the evidence that the band finally were able to put some imput after many years (I think they made an ultimatum, just like Ed did before), but after all the money issues shit came out they decided: oke, this is it. Just like Michael said.

[Hoodstock]

It's discussed long time ago yes, but I think you are at something here Hoodstock. This, and Purifier seems the evidence that the band finally were able to put some imput after many years (I think they made an ultimatum, just like Ed did before), but after all the money issues shit came out they decided: oke, this is it. Just like Michael said.

That's what I'm trying to get at. I wonder if the band was trying to mend (which could have been awesome) and something happened that caused the rift to widen or if the guys stood up and said this is what we are playing and it drove Ed nuts to the point where they just couldn't agree.

Either way, the sounds of the band were sounding fresh and Ed's lyrics were the stale same old stuff. I think it's good they found a new front man to experiment with and it's good for Ed to do his own thing. It's probably the best for both.

Hopefully it's one of those temporary things. STP broke up over Scott W. being an ass and a drugie. He did Velvet Revolver and they got a new frontman and started another band. Six years later everything is worked out and they are back with an new album and back on stage rocking.